Second Saturday at Casa San YsidroFree admission and programming from 1-4 p.m. on the second saturday of the monthhttp://www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/albuquerque-museum/events/second-saturday-at-casa-san-ysidrohttp://www.cabq.gov/@@site-logo/seal-small.png

Second Saturday at Casa San Ysidro

Free admission and programming from 1-4 p.m. on the second saturday of the month

Free admission and programming from 1-4 p.m. on the second saturday of the month

When

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Oct 12, 2013

12:00 PM-03:00 PM

Where

Casa San Ysidro

973 Old Church Rd

Corrales,
NM87048

505-897-8828

Description

Casa San Ysidro will celebrate its connection to the historic El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro with a free lecture and open house focusing on this historic route.

The El Camino Real, or “Royal Road of the Interior Lands,” connected Spain’s colonial capital at Mexico City to its northern frontier in New Mexico. Today the El Camino Real is part of the National Trails System administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service and features historic locations, such as Casa San Ysidro, that commemorate the shared cultural and geographic heritage of the route.

At 2:30 pm Troy Ainsworth Ph.D., the Executive Director of the El Camino Real Trail Association will present a brief lecture entitled The El Camino Real and the Story of New Mexico. Between 1:00 and 4:00 the public may tour the adobe property and speak informally with volunteers who will highlight furnishings that entered New Mexico via the trail and goods that exemplify materials shipped south along this road. Free official NPS Trail stamps will also be available.